Marijuana reform proponents in Alabama enjoyed a second victory within a week as a state Senate committee voted in favor of legalizing medical cannabis. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the legislation in a 6-2 vote on Wednesday, April 24, with three abstentions. The bill, which now heads to the full [...]
A new bill that would legalize and regulate medical cannabis was introduced to the Alabama House last week. A coalition of 20 bi-partisan legislators, including Republican House Speaker Mac McCutcheon, have co-sponsored the bill, HB 243. Mike Ball, the Republican State Representative and a former Alabama Bureau of Investigation agent, [...]
The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) has stressed the importance of ensuring that products labeled cannabidiol (CBD) are sourced from reputable sellers. CBD oil products are untested and unregulated, and are therefore potentially dangerous, according to State Health Office Dr. Scott Harris. Though CBD is derived from the marijuana [...]
In Alabama, black people are four times more likely than whites to be arrested for marijuana. The home state of Jeff Sessions, the former attorney general and outspoken opponent of legalization, also has some of the harshest marijuana laws in the country. A majority of Americans, including Republicans generally, now [...]
Medical marijuana is apparently on its way to the Deep South, and it may win its first victory in a surprising place. A state Senate panel in Alabama voted in April to clear a proposal that would legalize full medicinal cannabis statewide. Alabama currently allows a limited, non-intoxicating form of [...]
Tyren Jones, a University of Alabama running back, was kicked off the team in March after he was arrested on a cannabis charge. It was the latest in a long string of harsh penalties for football players caught with marijuana. Police arrested Jones March 30 and charged him with second-degree [...]
